Andrew Flynn

Experience

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  PR Newswire

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2002

  Account Manager

  A world leader in the dissemination of financial and business news and informationNew Business Account Manager Jan. 2001 – March 2002Manager, Media Relations Support April 2000-Jan. 2001 International Operations ManagerSept. 1999–April 2000International Service Operator Feb. 1999– Sept. 1999

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  Australian Associated Press

  May 2002 - Oct 2005

  Group Sales Manager

  Group Sales Manager June 03 – November 05 Lead a team for the launch of Online MEDIAtlas into Australia, a PR media contacts management and CRM software.Managed a team of 4 sales executives ,managed recruitment, on boarding and quarterly reviews200% of team target achieved in FY03130% of team target achieved in FY0485% renewal Target hit every year since launch in June 03Key Account Manager June 02 – June 03

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  MSN Australia (ninemsn)

  Oct 2005 - Jun 2007

  Sales Executive

  Agencies: Starcom, NetX, OptimediaKey Clients Included: Sony Pictures, Sony Playstation, Sony Hardware, Virgin Money, Virgin Atlantic and SubaruSuccessfully hit a budget of 7 million dollars in FY06, Target 6.6m.Pitched and won three cross platform deals for Dairy Farmers worth over $1million/ each to run across television, press and online. Proactively identified and positioned new sponsorship opportunities to appropriate clients.Responded to client’s need for creative solutions by producing and proposing innovative ideas utilising competitions, online advertorials, and cross platform ideas.Managed internal communications within ninemsn’s managing internal stakeholders such as content, ad operations, design and pre sales in order to win business from competitors.Completed MSN Academy training, Brilliant at the Basics and Negotiation skills.Ad School Australia diploma in e-Marketing, 2006 Show less

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  Zango.com

  Jul 2007 - Feb 2009

  Sales Manager

  Agencies - AllClients: Were GeneratedResponsible for contacting relevant agencies and contacts to introduce www.zango.com in an effort to win new business. This was achieved by hitting my target of 10+ meeting per week externally and my call quota as 50 warm calls.Prospected potential advertisers and clients based on their ability to immediately contribute and impact revenue.Increased my knowledge of the search-based business model as Zango’s ads were delivered on keyword and a dynamic bidding process whilst delivering ads in a display style format.Won new business from the following agencies Starcom London, Carat Digital, MediaVest Manchester and Feather Brooksbank. All of these agencies were contacted from cold calls/emails and Zango continues to have strong relationships with each.The brands won were Phones4u, A&L, Zoom Airlines, Gala, uSwitch.com, LoopyLove, LOVEFilm and Goldfish Credit Cards. Show less

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  Yahoo!

  Feb 2009 - Mar 2010

  Senior Sales Director - Global Sales

  Agencies: MEC and Mindshare Key clients include Paramount, Ford, Tourism Ireland, HSBC, BP/Castrol, LG and Nike.Key Achievements:Hit and overachieved my goals every quarter I was in the role (Q309/Q409/Q2010/Q2010)Pitched and won an upfront trading deal for 2010 with Paramount for Yahoo! worth circa $6 +million, the largest deal in 2010.Competitively won the global accounts business for Tourism Ireland 2010 worth $500K

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  Amazon

  Mar 2010 - Feb 2012

  Account Director

  As a senior member of the agency sales team at Amazon and IMDb I work across many of our key and endemic clients such as Visa, HP, MasterCard, Microsoft and others. • Key Achievements:o Overachieved my (Jan-Dec) 2011 quota hitting 103% representing 310% YOY growth (2011 goal was 2.3 million pounds). o Development of the Visa account, working with the agency and client direct on custom solutions. Visa are now the number 1 UK account, they spent zero with Amazon in 2010 and are now past the $1 million for 2011, o Cracked MasterCard UK in Q4, meaning the first time they have invested in Amazon.co.uk, the deal is worth over $300K, this deal is the door opener to a growing business for Amazon in 2012.o Sold the first ever Christmas sponsorship on Amazon UK to LG 3D TV’s for over $300K for Q4 2012, this was again the first time we had worked with LG and was pitched directly and booked via Mindshare.o Closed significant business from Mercedes in Q211, this was the first major auto deal Amazon UK had seen that was completely integrated and aimed at the Amazon shopper, the tag line for the creative was “meet the new delivery driver” and shows the Mercedes C class speeding around a mock Amazon dispatch centre collecting items that customers have ordered online. The campaign received huge internal PR all the way up to the CEO of Amazon, commenting on how original the idea was.http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html?docId=1000494133 Show less

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  Microsoft

  Feb 2012 - Apr 2015

  Agency Account Director

  My role at Microsoft Advertising was to focus on longer term strategic business, landing large custom deals and ensure the comms planning community and clients understand Microsoft's core offering.I worked ahead of brief and most large deals won came from media planning level discussions resulting from how to overcome client hurdles to help them achieve longer term goals. • Key Achievements:o O2 Life Unlocked – October 2013, O2 signed Life Unlocked making it the largest custom solution partnership in the history of Microsoft advertising, $3 million + single market deal.o The Drum Coverage at launch http://www.thedrum.com/news/2012/11/28/o2-partners-microsoft-advertising-launch-life-unlocked-interactive-showroom/o MSN Video how it happened: http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/msn-life-unlocked/2ts0evf2o Won the prestigious Microsoft Share Fighter Global Award for our work with Life Unlocked o FY13 – 110% attainment for ZenithOptimedia (14% YoY Growth)o Q1 FY14 – 190% of Quota achieved (H1 currently tracking at 150%, 25% Growth YoY)o 100% share taken of Clearasil in 2013 for a custom deal running across Xbox, Skype and MSN making it the first multi-screen approach for a custom solution.o FY13 ZenithOptimedia overarching agency strategy and goal was be the biggest billing agency within custom solution partnerships, this was my strategy in order to grow my agency business again as there had been a steady decline. I’m pleased to say this was achieved moving ZenithOptimedia from zero billing revenue in FY12(in CS Partnerships) to number one in revenue in FY13 o Highest tier one agency satisfaction score at 175 out of 200 and Service 180 out of 200 (23 respondents)o eOne – upfront integrated Partnership deal secured for 2014 with growth levels set at 200%o Was in the top 5% of global sales performers in FY13 (Rating = 1) Show less

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  The Awareness Centre

  Oct 2019 - Apr 2020

  IAPT NHS Placement Counsellor
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  Erudite

  Feb 2021 - May 2022

  ERUDITE is the leading boutique SEO/UX Agency based in Teesside. We purely specialise in organic search engine optimisation and user experience for our clients. We offer a number of services such as EAT and Technical audits, Conversion Rate Optimisation, Web Analytics, International SEO, e-commerce SEO and site migrations, as well as ongoing SEO growth strategy.

  • Commercial Director

    Feb 2021 - May 2022

  • Sales Director

    Feb 2021 - Apr 2021
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  Mind

  Jun 2021 - Jun 2022

  Integrative Theraputic Counsellor (Voluntary Placement)
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  Talking Spaces UK

  Jan 2022 - now

  Founder | Counsellor | Psychotherapist

  Counselling and Mental Health Service in Hartlepool offering in-person and video call counselling and coaching. Counselling for Men, Anxiety and Depression, Stress and Burnout and LGBT+ Affirmative Counselling.